Is "Islamophobia" the same as antisemitism?

[RobbyPants]

There are some similarities and some differences.

When I picture the word "islamophobia", I picture an irrational fear of Islam and all Muslims, based primarily on fear mongering, propaganda, and misinformation. When I picture "antisemitism", I picture a systemic fear and hatred of Jews, also based largely on fear mongering, propaganda, and misinformation.

So, in the method that they're both spread, they're quite similar. Some differences I see are:

• Antisemitism often seems to be practiced against a minority population living in the area. While Islamophobia seems to take this form, too, it also is seen as a fear or larger groups outside of the country.
  
• There are organized groups of Muslims making active threats against the west. We don't have organized groups of Jews doing the same thing.
  

So, in the end, I see Islamophobia as taking a somewhat rational fear of some aspects of Islam and misapplying it to all of Islam, and antisemitism as taking a more irrational fear of Jews and applying it to all of them. The former starts with more of a basis of truth and runs with it.